Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Oxalidaceae R.Br.
Oxalis corniculata L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
435
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Italia, Sicilia."
Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814) , General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III :
-
[secondary reference]
Hooker, J.D. (1852) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(1) :
42
[secondary reference]
Gray, A. (1854) , United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1 :
320
[secondary reference]
Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1) :
59
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862) , Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1 :
177
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis reptans G.Forst.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis microphylla Poir.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis cognata Steud.
legitimate
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1 :
301
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis perennans Haw.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis microphylla Poir.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis cognata Steud.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis preissiana Steud.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874 :
76
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877) , List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15 :
271
[secondary reference]
Tate, R. (1879) , Transactions, proceedings and report, Philosophical Society of South Australia 2 :
122
[secondary reference]
Tate, R. (1880) , A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3 :
55
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
13
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
23
[secondary reference]
Holtze, M. (1892) , Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15 :
2
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
20
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
52
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Sorrel
[n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
73
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
common name:
Sourgrass
[n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
330, Fig. 148, 8-11
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
484, Fig. 653, 8-11
[secondary reference]
Eiten, G. (1955) , The typification of the names "Oxalis corniculata L." and "Oxalis stricta L.". Taxon 4(5) :
99-100
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Linnean Herbarium, sheet 600.31 ... lectotype ..."
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1 :
96
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
170
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory :
66, Pl. 9
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
Eiten, G. (1963) , American Midland Naturalist 69 :
299
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
237, Fig. 228.
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
Veldkamp, J.F. (1971) , Oxalidaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(1) :
155-156
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
242
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1 :
101
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Oxalidaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
177-178, Fig. 204
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow wood-sorrel
[n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
435
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sour-weed
[n/a]
common name:
Creeping Wood-sorrel
[n/a]
common name:
Clover Sorrel
[n/a]
common name:
Small-leaved Oxalis
[n/a]
common name:
Creeping Oxalis
[n/a]
common name:
Scour-grass
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Wood-sorrel
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
172
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. repens ( Thunb.) Zucc.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f.
legitimate
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Oxalidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
398, 404-405, Fig. 64B
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis repens Thunb.
legitimate
common name:
Yellow Wood-sorrel
[n/a]
common name:
Creeping Oxalis
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
102
[secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986) , List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4) :
139
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow wood-sorrel
[n/a]
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Oxalidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
493, Fig. 198
[secondary reference]
common name:
Creeping Oxalis
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
58
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Oxalidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
20, pl.1
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. repens ( Thunb.) Zucc.
legitimate
common name:
Creeping Oxalis
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
255-256
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis reptans G.Forst.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis perennans Haw.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis rubens Haw.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. villosa ( M.Bieb.) Hohen.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis exilis A.Cunn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis radicosa A.Rich.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. reptans Laing
legitimate
common name:
Oxalis
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
309
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J., Jeanes, J.A. & Richards, P.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Oxalidaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
212-214, Fig. 39g
[secondary reference]
common name:
Creeping Oxalis
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Wood-sorrel
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2 :
728
[secondary reference]
common name:
Creeping Oxalis
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]
de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005) , Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43 :
581
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Oxalis corniculata L. var. corniculata
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Oxalis corniculata L. subsp. corniculata
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis repens Thunb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. repens ( Thunb.) Zucc.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea Planch.
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis villosa M.Bieb.
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. villosa ( M.Bieb.) Hohen.
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis reptans G.Forst.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f.
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Oxalis corniculata var. reptans Laing
legitimate
APC Comment:
Treated as Oxalis corniculata subsp. corniculata on ChI (see D.J.DuPuy, Fl. Australia 50: 309 (1993)), and in SA and Tas. Treated as Oxalis corniculata var. corniculata in Vic, where Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea is also recognised as a distinct taxon.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
132, 330-331, photos 10-12
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Wood Sorrel
[n/a]